Superstar USA - or why the WB really does just suck
04-15-04 | 02:53 PM
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Superstar USA - or why the WB really does just suck
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Thursday, April 15, 2004
PAGING CAMILE VELASCO...: The WB has quietly wrapped production on Superstar USA, a bizarre version of American Idol that tosses out great singers while rewarding the William Hungs of the world. But in typical reality fashion, the contestants are not in on the joke. In fact, the judges must keep a straight face when they heap praise on tone-deaf singers and send truly gifted crooners home. "These people believe they're the next pop superstar, even though they're horrible singers," exec producer Mike Fleiss (The Bachelor) tells Variety. "This is about people who are clearly delusional and watching them butcher song after song." That is just plain cruel. I love it!
Thursday, April 15, 2004
PAGING CAMILE VELASCO...: The WB has quietly wrapped production on Superstar USA, a bizarre version of American Idol that tosses out great singers while rewarding the William Hungs of the world. But in typical reality fashion, the contestants are not in on the joke. In fact, the judges must keep a straight face when they heap praise on tone-deaf singers and send truly gifted crooners home. "These people believe they're the next pop superstar, even though they're horrible singers," exec producer Mike Fleiss (The Bachelor) tells Variety. "This is about people who are clearly delusional and watching them butcher song after song." That is just plain cruel. I love it!
04-15-04 | 03:00 PM
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Re: Superstar USA - or why the WB really does just suck
Originally posted by rfduncan
They're cancelling Angel to put on THIS kind of programming?! Ugh!
They're cancelling Angel to put on THIS kind of programming?! Ugh!
04-15-04 | 03:02 PM
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Reasons the WB doesn't suck:
Gave Buffy 5 years (would have given it more had they not been outbid) when no one else would have ever done a show like that.
Gave Angel 5 years, 2 without having Buffy with it, 1 with no Buffy on the air at all.
Gilmore girls, Everwood, Grounded for Life, JKX ...
Btw, I'll watch this too.
das
Gave Buffy 5 years (would have given it more had they not been outbid) when no one else would have ever done a show like that.
Gave Angel 5 years, 2 without having Buffy with it, 1 with no Buffy on the air at all.
Gilmore girls, Everwood, Grounded for Life, JKX ...
Btw, I'll watch this too.
das
04-16-04 | 06:50 PM
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Re: Superstar USA - or why the WB really does just suck
Originally posted by rfduncan
They're cancelling Angel to put on THIS kind of programming?! Ugh!
They're cancelling Angel to put on THIS kind of programming?! Ugh!
Angel wasn't cancelled because of poor ratings - it was cancelled because its ratings did not justify its cost. Keep in mind that Angel was not produced by the WB, so they couldn't even justify running the show at a loss and making up the cost in syndication of home video - like they could if, say, Smallville started running in the red.
That being said, anything that takes a shot at AI is OK in my book.
